Posted on November 12, 2008 by Elizabeth
Ethics in American Health 2: An Ethical Framework for Health System Reform
Jennifer Prah Ruger
Yale University – School of Medicine
October 2008
American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 98, No. 10, pp. 1756-1763, 2008
Abstract:
I trace the evolution of ethical approaches to health policy in the United States and examine a number of critical unresolved [...]
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Posted on November 12, 2008 by Elizabeth
More than 40 young children have been infected with HIV at a hospital in Uzbekistan. According to the United Nations, Central Asia has one of the world’s fastest-growing HIV infection rates due, in part, to unsafe blood supplies and contaminated equipment. BBC
A study published by the Harvard School of Public Health on October 20, 2008, blamed South Africa’s former [...]
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